• Source: Sangha Assembly constituency

Sangha Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a state in the Northeast region of India. It is a part of the Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019, Sonam Lama is the holder of this seat. His current term is expected to end by 2024.
This seat is reserved for the Buddhist monastic community (Sangha) of Sikkim. Buddhist monks and nuns, registered with the 111 recognized monasteries in the state, are the only ones who can contest and cast their votes for this Assembly seat.




Members of the Sikkim State Council


The Sangha constituency was created in 1958 for the Sikkim State Council, after requests from the monastery associations to the Chogyal.




Members of the Legislative Assembly


After the 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum, Sikkim became a state of India and the members of the State Council at the time, were deemed to be the Legislative Assembly of the new state of Sikkim.




Supreme Court case


In 1993, a case was brought in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the reservation for the Sangha constituency and for the Bhutia-Lepcha constituencies in Sikkim, by Ram Chandra Poudyal of the Rising Sun Party. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, judging that the Sangha had played a major part in previous Councils' decision-making and the reservation is not based purely on religious distinctions and is, therefore, not unconstitutional.




Election results






= Assembly Election 2024

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= Assembly election 2019

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= Assembly election 2014

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= Assembly election 2009

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= Assembly election 2004

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= Assembly election 1999

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= Assembly election 1994

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= Assembly election 1989

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= Assembly election 1985

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= Assembly election 1979

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1974




1973

In the 1973 election, Peyching Lama was elected unopposed.



1970




1967





See also


List of constituencies of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly
List of Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim
Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency
Reserved political positions in India




References






Further reading


Sonam Wangdi Dorjee Bhutia (February 2020). Governance and Electoral Politics: A Study of Sangha Seat (PDF) (Thesis). Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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